Red FM, the private radio and entertainment network, has launched the fourth season of “Poila Boithak’ to mark the beginning of the Bengali New Year. The event aims to bring together the best of ...

Sardar Hirak Raja, general secretary of the Bangladesh Baul and Folk Artists Association, said more than 300 musical performances had to be cancelled since last year because of pressure from Islamist ...

Bangladesh Rock Music (popularly called band music) was never lagging behind in its appreciation and performance of Baul music. Post 1971, among the five legends of Bangla rock such as Azam Khan, ...

Mahasthan Garh is the oldest and largest archaeological site in Bangladesh. Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist Buchanan Hamilton visited the site during his survey in the early-19 th century.

A follower of Fakir Lalon Shah has reportedly been beaten up by a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader and his supporters in Kalia upazila of Narail. The attack on Baul singer Harej Fakir, 84, took place ...

Sunamganj, Mar 5 (bdnews24.com) – The two-day 'Baul Samrat' (Emperor) Shah Abdul Karim Folk Festival started at Dirai upazila on Friday afternoon, the first following his death five months ago. The ...

Dhaka Jan 22 (BDNEWS)- The Baul genre of Songs of Bangladesh have been proclaimed as 'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity' by UNESCO. In a recent letter written to the ...

AN ORGANISATION in Bradford has secured funds for a project to revive the writing of Baul music in the district. Originating in Bangladesh and the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, Baul music ...

Conservative Muslim groups regard Sufism as deviant, opposing its mystical interpretation of the Koran. The movement is highly popular in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, but followers say they have faced ...